THE NICE GUYS Film 2016. Written by Shane Black and Anthony Bagarozzi. Directed by Shane Black. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Keith David and Kim Basinger. | |||
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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU | |||||
1 | Bang Bang Kiss Kiss | BBB | Cinema | Adult Film Parodies | |
Bang Bang Kiss Kiss Pornographic movie playing in the background in a porno theater - parody of Shane Black's movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. | |||||
2 | Burbank Airport Western Hotel | BBB | Travel | Hotels | |
Burbank Airport Western Hotel Hotel where March and Healy go looking for Amelia. | |||||
3 | Cavalier | BBB | Periodicals | Adult Magazines | |
Cavalier Pornographic magazine featuring porn star Misty Mountains. | |||||
4 | The Contempt | BBB | Cinema | Adult Films | |
The Contempt Pornographic movie poster. | |||||
5 | Copley Bank & Trust | BBB | Financial Companies | Banks | |
Copley Bank & Trust Judith Kuttner's bank. | |||||
6 | Detroit Auto Manfacturers | BBB | Organizations | Professional Organizations | |
Detroit Auto Manfacturers | |||||
7 | Dr. Malek | BBB | Healthcare | Doctors | |
Dr. Malek Assassin John Boy's alias. | |||||
8 | Flight Deck | BBB | Nightlife | Bars | |
Flight Deck Bar at the Burbank Airport Western Hotel where March and Healy go looking for Amelia. | |||||
9 | The Holland March Agency | BBB | Services | Private Investigation | |
The Holland March Agency Holland March's private detective agency. | |||||
10 | Hollywood Taxi Co. | BBB | Transportation | Taxicabs | |
Hollywood Taxi Co. Taxicab company. | |||||
11 | Hours | BBB | Periodicals | Magazines | |
Hours Magazine. Parody of Time? | |||||
12 | How Do You Like My Car, Big Boy? | BBB | Cinema | Adult Films | |
How Do You Like My Car, Big Boy? An "experimental film", pornography mixed with investigative journalism about the smog in Los Angeles. | |||||
13 | John Boy | BBB | Services | Assassins and Mercenaries | |
John Boy Hired assassin. | |||||
14 | L.A. Center Hospital | BBB | Healthcare | Hospitals | |
L.A. Center Hospital Hospital where March is taken after slicing his arm open. | |||||
15 | L.A. Metro | BBB | Transportation | Taxicabs | |
L.A. Metro Taxicab company. | |||||
16 | The Learning Adjunct | BBB | Periodicals | Magazines | |
The Learning Adjunct Magazine featuring tough guy Jackson Healy. | |||||
17 | The Nice Guys Agency | BBB | Services | Private Investigation | |
The Nice Guys Agency March and Healy's new private detective agency. March shows Healy the yellow pages ad. "Our trained investigators have specialized in CLOSING CASES since 1972". Yellow page ad nod to Rockford Files TV show. In the ad, Healy has a mustache and goatee. The opening credits of Rockford Files shows Rockford eraasing a mustache and goatee from his ad in a phone book page. | |||||
18 | The Opening of Misty Mountains | BBB | Cinema | Adult Films | |
The Opening of Misty Mountains Pornographic movie poster featuring Misty Mountains. | |||||
19 | Pacific Coast Auto Show | BBB | Events | Conventions and Seminars | |
Pacific Coast Auto Show Event where projectionist Chet plans to screen Amelia's film. | |||||
20 | Pool-side Learning | BBB | Cinema | Movies | |
Pool-side Learning Pool safety instructional video. | |||||
21 | Pornookio | BBB | Cinema | Adult Film Parodies | |
Pornookio Pornographic film starring Misty Mountains. | |||||
22 | Pretty Passion | BBB | Cinema | Adult Films | |
Pretty Passion Pornographic movie poster. | |||||
23 | Shut Up Unless You're Me | BBB | Sports | Physical Activities | |
Shut Up Unless You're Me Joke Healy makes: We're gonna play a game. It's called "Shut Up Unless You're Me". | |||||
24 | Sunset Star Lanes | BBB | Amusement | Bowling Alleys | |
Sunset Star Lanes Bowling alley where March's duaghter has her birthday party. | |||||
FICTITIOUS TIMELINE | |||||
25 | October 18, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 18, 1977 Adult film star Misty Mountains dies in automobile accident. Radio in Healy's apartment on October 26: Good morning, Los Angeles. Today, yet another stage-two smog alert. The A.Q.M.D. has cautioned residents not to stay outside or engage in unnecessary exercise before 6:00 p.m. In other news, a police spokesman says he has not ruled out foul play in the death of adult film star Misty Mountains, whose car went off-road in the early hours of last Tuesday. And now back to America's favourite family, The Waltons. | |||||
26 | October 20, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 20, 1977 Adult film actress Misty Mountains' aunt Mrs. Glenn claims she saw Misty at her house two days after the accident that killed her: I saw her through the front window... Clear as day. She was writing something and then she came out and she drove away and this was two days after the accident. | |||||
27 | October 26, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 26, 1977 Amelia pays Healy to scare off March, who has been hired to find Misty Mountains. Healy breaks March's arm. That night, Blueface and Older Guy show up at Healy's apartment. Date visible on Healy's Word of the Day calendar, a nod to the film Better Luck Tomorrow, in which a character looks at the same word - "equanimity". | |||||
28 | October 27, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 27, 1977 Fearing for her safety, Healy visits March at the bowling alley where his daughter's having a birthday party and they agree to team up to find her. Their investigation leads them to adult film producer Sid Shattuck's house party. | |||||
29 | October 28, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 28, 1977 Healy and March track Amelia to the Burbank Airport Western Hotel. John Boy finds Amelia and shoots and kills her. Healy and March get arrested. March: Your note, look at it. It's not a flight. Every airport has an overflight curfew from 10:00 to 6:00, Burbank included. And that top number is today's date but reversed like the European way, which makes sense when you look at FLT and you think it's not "flight," it's probably "flat," like apartment. | |||||
30 | October 29, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
October 29, 1977 Healy and March attend the Pacific Coast Auto Show, where Healy spares hit man John Boy's life at March's daughter's request, and March fights with Older Guy before falling off the roof of the hotel and securing the film. | |||||
31 | December 24, 1977 | Dates | 20th Century: 70s | Events | |
December 24, 1977 March and Healy discuss their next case - a woman who thinks her husband is sleeping with Lynda Carter. | |||||
32 | March 16 | Dates | No Year | Birth Dates | |
March 16 Amelia born. Year not visible. | |||||
MAKE BELIEVE MAP | |||||
33 | Belton Way | Map | Transit Routes | Thoroughfares | |
Belton Way Judith Kuttner's address in Los Angeles. | |||||
34 | The Burbank Apartments West | Map | Residential Communities | Apartment and Condos | |
The Burbank Apartments West Apartment complex where March and Healy go on March's interpretation of the note Healy finds, discovering that burned down a couple years earlier. | |||||
35 | Tracy Avenue | Map | Transit Routes | Thoroughfares | |
Tracy Avenue Address of Judith Kuttner's bank Copley Bank & Trust in Los Angeles. | |||||
OTHER | |||||
36 | Amelia | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |
Amelia Amelia: Please, I need to get out of here! | |||||
37 | Blueface & Healy | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |
Blueface & Healy Blueface: You ever hear of John Boy? By now he's heard of you. They're flying him in. Now he's gonna kill that private cop and his whole fucking family. And then he's gonna come for you. You ain't got long to live. Healy: Well, buddy, none of us do. | |||||
38 | March & Healy | Other | Quotes | Quotes | |
March & Healy March: And we already got our first case. Old lady in Glendale. Thinks her husband's sleeping with Lynda Carter. Healy: Wonder Woman? March: Or Lynda Carter. That's what we have to figure out. But he's 82, so it's time-sensitive. What do you say? |
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